What is another word for incarcerate?
547 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnkˈɑːsəɹˌe͡ɪt], [ ɪnkˈɑːsəɹˌeɪt], [ ɪ_n_k_ˈɑː_s_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]
Incarcerate is a verb that refers to the act of imprisoning someone or confining them in a confined space against their will. There are various synonyms for this word that can be used in place of it depending on the context. Some of the synonyms for incarcerate include imprison, detain, hold, lock up, confine, restrict, and intern. Imprison and detain both mean the same thing as incarcerate, but detain often implies a temporary or short-term confinement, whereas imprison suggests a long-term incarceration. Hold and lock up both imply the physical act of restraint, while confine and restrict suggest a limitation on freedom of movement. Intern is often used in the context of war, where it refers to the confinement of enemy aliens in a neutral country.
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Similar words for incarcerate:
- gaol (noun)
- incarcerate (noun)
- jail (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- arrest (verb)
- cage (verb)
- confine (verb)
- constrain (verb)
- coop (verb)
- enslave (verb)
- imprison (verb)
- punish (verb)
- put in jail, confinement (verb)
- sentence (verb)
- other synonyms
- immure
- imprison
- other relevant words
- punish
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Incarcerate:
n.
• gaol (noun)- gaol.
v.
• arrest (verb)- de tain,
- putting the arm on,
- taking prisoner,
- put cuffs on,
- putting the cuffs on,
- putting arm on,
- puts arm on,
- gloms,
- puts cuffs on,
- takes prisoner,
- tost in jail,
- toss jail,
- puts the arm on,
- tossing jail,
- took prisoner,
- putting cuffs on,
- de-tains,
- glomming,
- tossed in jail,
- de-tain,
- tost jail,
- tosses in jail,
- puts the cuffs on,
- tosses jail,
- de tains,
- tossing in jail,
- glommed,
- put arm on,
- tossed jail.
- coops up,
- re straining,
- re-strained,
- cooping up,
- fences in,
- re strained,
- re strains,
- re-strain,
- closes in,
- re strain,
- re-straining,
- shutting in,
- shuts in,
- fencing in,
- re-strains.
- put ice,
- de limit,
- puts a lid on,
- re strict,
- hog tie,
- in-terns,
- re presses,
- putting on ice,
- cools down,
- re-pressing,
- puts on ice,
- re-press,
- sending up,
- re-strict,
- de limits,
- in-tern,
- in tern,
- puts lid on,
- putting lid on,
- re pressing,
- de-limit,
- re-presses,
- puts ice,
- in terns,
- de limiting,
- de-limiting,
- de limited,
- putting ice,
- de-limited,
- re pressed,
- putting a lid on,
- de-limits,
- re press.
- cools off,
- dis allowing,
- puts half nelson on,
- dis allowed,
- with-holds,
- holding down,
- dis allows,
- with hold,
- dis-allowing,
- with-hold,
- putting half nelson on,
- dis-allowed,
- holds in,
- kept lid on,
- concusses,
- with holding,
- keeps lid on,
- dis-allow,
- dis-allows,
- dis allow,
- cooled off,
- with holds,
- with-held,
- holds down,
- keeping lid on,
- with held.
- co-oped,
- holding prisoner,
- put under lock key,
- co oping,
- co-oping,
- holding captive,
- holds captive,
- holds prisoner,
- co oped,
- held prisoner,
- puts under lock and key,
- putting under lock key,
- putting under lock and key,
- held captive,
- puts under lock key.
- dis franchised,
- get hooks in to,
- got hooks in to,
- gets hooks into,
- disfranchises,
- re-duces,
- dis-franchises,
- disenfranchises,
- sub jugate,
- dis franchising,
- gotten hooks in to,
- puts in irons,
- gotten hooks into,
- re duce,
- dis-enfranchise,
- gat hooks into,
- sub due,
- getting hooks into,
- putting in irons,
- in-denture,
- gat hooks in to,
- dis-franchise,
- sub-due,
- dis enfranchising,
- dis enfranchised,
- in dentures,
- kept under thumb,
- got hooks into,
- put irons,
- dis-enfranchised,
- putting irons,
- gets hooks in to,
- dis enfranchises,
- in denture,
- re-duce,
- getting hooks in to,
- dis-enfranchising,
- dis-enfranchises,
- in-dentures,
- dis franchises,
- keeping under thumb,
- keeps under thumb,
- dis-franchising,
- sub-dues,
- dis-franchised,
- re duces,
- sub-jugate,
- puts irons,
- sub dues,
- dis franchise,
- dis enfranchise.
- shackle,
- condemn,
- bridle,
- collar,
- tether,
- handcuff,
- impound,
- manacle,
- harness,
- fence,
- straight jacket,
- fetter.
- avenge,
- castigate,
- afflict,
- agonize,
- chastise,
- chasten,
- crucify,
- correct,
- persecute,
- torture,
- reprise,
- burden,
- pillory,
- lambaste,
- Keelhaul,
- judge,
- penalize,
- distress,
- try,
- fine,
- execute,
- anguish,
- discipline.
- send river,
- pro scribes,
- de vote,
- pro scribing,
- pro scribe,
- takes fall,
- sent river,
- takes the fall,
- sent up the river,
- sending the river,
- de-vote,
- sends up the river,
- passed judgment,
- taking fall,
- pro-scribed,
- sending up river,
- de votes,
- send up river,
- take fall,
- sends the river,
- took the fall,
- sending river,
- send the river,
- pro scribed,
- sent up river,
- passing judgment,
- de-voting,
- sent the river,
- took fall,
- sends river,
- de-votes,
- de voting,
- pro-scribe,
- de voted,
- de-voted,
- passes judgment,
- sends up river,
- taking the fall.
Other synonyms:
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- detain.
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- throw.
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- hold.
- occlude,
- bastilles,
- closeted,
- Remanding,
- keep captive,
- remands,
- Remanded,
- locking in,
- Stockaded,
- Stockading,
- imprisoned,
- hold in custody,
- keep in custody,
- send to prison,
- remand,
- hold hostage,
- lock in,
- Closeting,
- rail in,
- bastille,
- put behind bars,
- locked in.
- disenfranchised,
- withhold,
- enchain,
- pressurized,
- held in,
- coop up,
- tabbed,
- Incarcerated,
- Indenturing,
- run in,
- take prisoner,
- shut in,
- enchained,
- arrest,
- sent up,
- meting out,
- withholds,
- nick,
- Gaffed,
- sentence,
- enchaining,
- gaffs,
- hem in,
- keep lid on,
- locked up,
- put the arm on,
- interned,
- hold down,
- enslaved,
- necessitate,
- pass judgment,
- meted out,
- holding in,
- pulling,
- corked,
- Shotguns,
- Dooming,
- send up the river,
- put under lock and key,
- take the fall,
- constrain,
- picked up,
- ice,
- pressurizes,
- disfranchised,
- Subjecting,
- gaff,
- send up,
- concuss,
- put on ice,
- Subjected,
- held down,
- hogtie,
- concussing,
- pressurize,
- keep under thumb,
- get hooks into,
- railroaded,
- fettered,
- shotgun,
- indenture,
- enslave,
- disenfranchising,
- enchains,
- sentences,
- glom,
- closing in,
- confine,
- shotgunning,
- tabbing,
- cooling off,
- fence in,
- cooled down,
- cool off,
- put half nelson on,
- fenced in,
- put a lid on,
- iced,
- punish,
- cooling down,
- hold in,
- put the cuffs on,
- disfranchise,
- inhibits,
- hold prisoner,
- put lid on,
- pen,
- cage,
- hold captive,
- put in irons,
- hobble,
- pressurizing,
- corking,
- shotgunned,
- pick up,
- sends up,
- metes out,
- interning,
- concussed,
- toss in jail,
- mete out,
- sending up the river,
- closed in,
- lock up,
- railroading,
- coop,
- cooped up,
- disenfranchise,
- imprison,
- Gaffing,
- Disfranchising,
- locking up,
- cool down,
- holds back,
- close in,
- locks up,
- immure.
- crack down on,
- rap knuckles,
- defrocked,
- slap wrist,
- attend to,
- knock about,
- cracking down on,
- defrock,
- give the works,
- attended to,
- throw the book at,
- teach a lesson,
- give a going over,
- disciplined,
- defrocking,
- Disciplining.
- box up,
- put to sleep,
- mulct,
- lock,
- confiscate,
- cordon,
- cloister,
- bolt in,
- Embar,
- dawdle,
- clap up,
- cordon off,
- encircle,
- cane,
- yard,
- exile,
- cast away,
- whip,
- chuck out,
- enshrine,
- stable,
- beleaguer,
- beat,
- contain,
- shut away,
- compass,
- kennel,
- restrict,
- prison,
- electrocute,
- draw and quarter,
- imprisonment,
- banish,
- blockade,
- cast out,
- remit,
- encompass,
- cast aside,
- put,
- tar and feather,
- wall in,
- spank,
- send,
- detention,
- bound,
- throw out,
- circumscribe,
- commit,
- throw away,
- captivity,
- bottle up,
- cork up,
- dismiss,
- seal up,
- incarceration,
- besiege,
- discard,
- Incage,
- can,
- toss out,
- stay,
- paddle,
- bind,
- mew,
- Encage,
- chamber,
- button up,
- restrain,
- clap under hatches,
- distribute,
- throw book at,
- railroad,
- tuck away,
- toss,
- penitentiary,
- custody,
- fall behind,
- abandon,
- inclose,
- enslavement,
- tuck in,
- confinement,
- internment,
- pen in,
- lockup,
- settle,
- box in,
- shrine,
- scourge,
- slough,
- fall back,
- amerce,
- birch,
- coop in,
- excommunicate,
- book,
- Leaguer,
- hang,
- wrap,
- quarantine,
- shut,
- send back,
- beset,
- hedge in,
- surround,
- cashier,
- toss away,
- immurement,
- Mure,
- cast in prison,
- eat up,
- Imprisoning,
- flog,
- send away,
- dispose,
- keep,
- adjust,
- lash,
- shut up,
- send-up,
- house,
- corral,
- lock away,
- pocket,
- include,
- Quod,
- fling.
How to use "Incarcerate" in context?
When someone is incarcerated, they are held in jail or prison. This is a very serious punishment, and can have many long-term consequences. Incarceration can lead to a loss of freedom, unemployment, and other hardships. It can also put a person at a higher risk for criminal activity and abuse.
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